I originally found the recipe in a book I’ve had for a long time called Make It In Minutes, and when I first tried it, I was pleasantly surprised because I had another great salad to add to my repertoire

Jessica's recipe for her cornandblack bean salad uses roasted corn on the grill which is the base for the recipe that I developed, plus I also added an element from the TV grill king, Bobby Flay's recipe for grilled corn

I increased the amount of quinoaandcorn from the original recipe, I used diced tomatoes with green chilis (instead of just plain diced tomatoes), I added chili powder, paprika andcoriander because I love spices and more flavor

This recipe is based from Guy Fieri’s Guy’s Big Bite (Big Texas Barbecue episode), one I had on file from making before but this time I tweaked it to our liking, omitting a few things and adding tomatoes at the end to make it more southerly us

I had a bag of crunchy tortilla chips I picked up from our neighborhood Mexican supermarket and even with the plethora of salsa recipes on the blog, I just had to have the smoky goodness of roasted corn, black beans and poblano peppers, all tossed in a tangy lime dressing to dip my chips into